Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, basil walnut pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basil Walnut Pesto is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Basil Walnut Pesto is something that I have loved my entire life.
Pulse walnuts, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic in a food processor until walnuts are finely chopped. Add basil leaves a little at a time, pulsing until a smooth paste forms. Place the walnuts and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook basil walnut pesto using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Basil Walnut Pesto:
- Prepare generous cups of packed sweet basil
- Get walnuts (raw or toasted is fine - just depends on your preference)
- Prepare grated Parmesan cheese
- Take grated Pecorino
- Make ready large cloves garlic, peeled
- Make ready extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare kosher salt
Basil Walnut Pesto is an interesting variation of a very popular sauce recipe called Pesto that is prominently used in the Italian cuisine. Traditionally Pine Nuts are used to make pesto but I have given it a slight variation by adding walnuts which are easily available. How to make basil walnut pesto. Add the fresh basil leaves to a blender or food processor first.
Steps to make Basil Walnut Pesto:
- Whiz basil, nuts, and garlic in food processor until they make a coarse paste.
- Add in the cheese and oil and whiz a few seconds longer until completely incorporated.
- That's it. Enjoy! :)
Top the basil with the lemon zest, red pepper flakes, garlic, freshly grated cheese, and toasted walnuts last. (You want to add the walnuts last so that they weigh down the basil leaves and help to push them towards the blades of the blender. Aromatic and fresh basil leaves are blended with Parmesan, walnuts and cloves of fresh garlic. This pesto tastes great on pasta, with tomatoes or even as a dip. This Basil Walnut Pesto is chock full of healthy fats, specifically from a superfood nut. Plus, they're rich in phenols and flavonoids giving them an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant edge over the pine nuts traditionally used in pesto.
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